Running Wild
The epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from a master storyteller. After his father is killed in Iraq, a surprise trip to Indonesia seems the perfect escape for Will and his mum. That is, until the elephant he is riding along the beach, Oona, spooks. As Will sees a huge wave crashing in, Oona runs into […]
Twist of Gold
‘There’s a plague, a fever, call it what you will, sweeping this country, and it’s coming closer all the time.’ Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine in Ireland, but they must leave their dying mother behind. They travel in search or their father, across rough seas and shipwrecks, to a […]
The War of Jenkin’s Ear
A spellbinding children’s story from War Horse author and former Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo – now with a brand new cover look. Toby Jenkins doesn’t like boarding school. He gets called Jinks and thinks he will never fit in. But then he meets a strange boy named Christopher who believes that he is the second […]
The Fox and the Ghost King
A warm and funny story for younger readers, about two foxes, a ghost and one of the biggest archaeological discoveries in living memory… In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football, all foxes do. One day, they are surprised by a ghostly voice coming from […]
The Gone Series (Book 5): Fear
Welcome back to the FAYZ! This is Book 5 in the series that Stephen King calls a “driving, torrential narrative”. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Permanently. The gaiaphage has blotted out the sun and the barrier that surrounds the town of Perdido Beach is turning black. It’s Sam’s worst nightmare. With Astrid still missing […]
Michael Morpurgo’s Tales From Shakespeare
Ten stunning Shakespeare retellings from the master storyteller. Featuring re-tellings of ten of Shakespeare’s plays, and beautifully written with Michael Morpurgo’s warm, accessible and inimitable style, this wonderful collection offers a new generation of readers the chance to discover the magic of Shakespeare – the perfect introduction to the Bard and an unmissable book for […]
Book of the Future
A re-issue of the much-loved classic 1979 book about future life and future technology. First published in 1979, the Usborne Book of the Future is a fondly-remembered book from a time when people dreamed of the future as a place filled with wonder and amazing new technology. After more than 40 years of science fiction […]
Snails and Monkey Tails
A rollicking linguistic ride for fans of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Just My Type. In this show-stopping guide with more than 75 uniquely designed two-colour spreads, award-winning graphic designer Michael Arndt explores the typographic origins, names, and shapes of both common punctuation marks and symbols, as well as the proper and diverse usage of […]
War Horse: 40th Anniversary Edition
DISCOVER AND CHERISH THIS BEAUTIFUL HARDBACK 40th ANNIVERSARY ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE BELOVED MODERN CLASSIC, WAR HORSE. Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children’s novel… In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. […]
